Non-perturbative completion of Hopf-algebraic Dyson-Schwinger equations

Abstract

For certain quantum field theories, the Kreimer-Connes Hopf-algebraic approach to renormalization reduces the Dyson-Schwinger equations to a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations for the expansion coefficients of the renormalized Green's function. We apply resurgent asymptotic analysis to find the trans-series solutions which provide the non-perturbative completion of these formal Dyson-Schwinger expansions. We illustrate the general approach with the concrete example of four dimensional massless Yukawa theory, connecting with the exact functional solution found by Broadhurst and Kreimer. The trans-series solution is associated with the iterative form of the Dyson-Schwinger equations, and displays renormalon-like structure of integer-repeated Borel singularities. Extraction of the Stokes constant is possible due to a property we call ‘functional resurgence’.